The reader is introduced to Samira, the daughter of a refugee family, who longs for friendship and something else aside from selling eggs at the beach. Eventually Samira befriends other girls and is introduced to surfing, which Samira was avoiding at first for a fear of the water. At the story unfolds, the reader finds out that while they were migrating to a new country, Samira's Nani and Nana never made it through the journey, and Samira is afraid of what the water will do to her. Eventually, with some help from the girls, and her brother Khalid, she realizes that she needs to face her fears to become her true self.